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Whittleseya
Taxonomy
Whittleseya was named by Newberry (1853). It is not extant. Its type is Whittleseya elegans.
It was assigned to Pteridospermophyta by Andrews (1970); and to Plantae by Dilcher et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Pteridospermophyta by Andrews (1970); and to Plantae by Dilcher et al. (2005).
Species
W. elegans (type species)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1853 | Whittleseya Newberry |
1970 | Whittleseya Andrews |
2005 | Whittleseya Dilcher et al. p. 163 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: base of the Mississippian to the top of the Westphalian or 358.90000 to 307.50000 Ma
Collections (13 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Mississippian | Canada (New Brunswick) | W. dawsoniana, W. concinna (12421) | |
Carboniferous | USA (Indiana) | W. sp. (11197) | |
Carboniferous | USA (Alabama) | W. elegans (28982 28984 28985 28988 28989 28990 28992 31035) | |
Pennsylvanian | USA | W. elegans (13272) | |
Pennsylvanian | USA (Illinois) | W. sp. (13358) | |
Westphalian | USA (Alabama) | W. elegans (81525) |